Ukita

The Ukita were a Japanese Christian samurai clan from Bizen Province in the Chugoku region of western Honshu. They were vassals of the Toyotomi and later the Tokugawa.

History
Tadaie Ukita laid siege to Takamatsu Castle in 1582 in Bitchu Province, fighting his Mori enemies, while the true daimyo Hideie Ukita was young, and the Ukita clan allied with the Toyotomi-Oda clan. The Ukita clan served the Toyotomi until the death of Hideyoshi Hashiba in 1598, and from then onwards they served the Western Army faction led by Mitsunari Ishida. Their exiled daimyo Hideie died in 1655, ending the clan's existence.